Copilot: Is Your Brand Kit Ready?
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Microsoft says Copilot's new brand kit will finally keep every deck on-brand. Here's what we think:
Copilot's new Brand Kit and custom skills including interactive slides, promise to fix two of PowerPoint's oldest headaches: decks that never match, and prompting that never quite gets you there. Andy, Emma, Mark and PK share their first impressions and what it means for designers and non-designers. The verdict: Microsoft's finally catching up, and it's worth watching closely, but for now, a designer with a good template still wins.
Key takeaways
1. Consistency builds trust, but the tech isn't quite there — brand kits promise every team member's deck will finally match, but Copilot's first pass still fumbles and needs a lot of information.
2. Presenters want control, not choice — audience-led interactivity looks flashy, but nobody's actually asking clients for it; hidden slides and triggers already do the job better.
3. Front-loading beats prompting — knowing exactly what you want to say still builds a better deck, faster, than wrestling an AI through endless revisions.
Timestamps
01:22 Exploring Interactive Slides
05:23 User Experience and Prompts
10:01 Presenter's control
15:55 Grumpy Perspectives on Interactivity
19:54 HTML and Analytics in Presentations
25:09 The Evolution of Copilot and Its Versions
28:38 Understanding Brand Kits and Guidelines
33:00 Navigating the Challenges of Template Integration
38:30 The Future of Brand Management with AI
42:54 Skills as Currency in the Evolving Workplace
52:29 Summing up
Resources
Copilot in PowerPoint https://powerpoint.cloud.microsoft/cr...
Copilot in PowerPoint demo videos How to use "Create Interactive Slides" Ski..., Creating interactive slides with Copilot s..., Can Copilot build your entire PowerPoint d...
Canva Brand Kit https://www.canva.com/pro/brand-kit/
Gamma https://gamma.app/
Prezi https://prezi.com/
Google AI Studio https://aistudio.google.com/
*Got a presentation challenge, story?
Share your thoughts and ideas, and let us know what topics you'd like us to tackle in future episodes: LinkedIn:
*Host links
LinkedIn: pksteffen
LinkedIn: emma-birdboxdesigns
LinkedIn: andybundock
LinkedIn: sixmileshigh
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Copilot: Is Your Brand Kit Ready?
Next Slide Please
237 views
Microsoft says Copilot's new brand kit will finally keep every deck on-brand. Here's what we think:
Copilot's new Brand Kit and custom skills including interactive slides, promise to fix two of PowerPoint's oldest headaches: decks that never match, and prompting that never quite gets you there. Andy, Emma, Mark and PK share their first impressions and what it means for designers and non-designers. The verdict: Microsoft's finally catching up, and it's worth watching closely, but for now, a designer with a good template still wins.
Key takeaways
1. Consistency builds trust, but the tech isn't quite there — brand kits promise every team member's deck will finally match, but Copilot's first pass still fumbles and needs a lot of information.
2. Presenters want control, not choice — audience-led interactivity looks flashy, but nobody's actually asking clients for it; hidden slides and triggers already do the job better.
3. Front-loading beats prompting — knowing exactly what you want to say still builds a better deck, faster, than wrestling an AI through endless revisions.
Timestamps
01:22 Exploring Interactive Slides
05:23 User Experience and Prompts
10:01 Presenter's control
15:55 Grumpy Perspectives on Interactivity
19:54 HTML and Analytics in Presentations
25:09 The Evolution of Copilot and Its Versions
28:38 Understanding Brand Kits and Guidelines
33:00 Navigating the Challenges of Template Integration
38:30 The Future of Brand Management with AI
42:54 Skills as Currency in the Evolving Workplace
52:29 Summing up
Resources
Copilot in PowerPoint https://powerpoint.cloud.microsoft/cr...
Copilot in PowerPoint demo videos How to use "Create Interactive Slides" Ski..., Creating interactive slides with Copilot s..., Can Copilot build your entire PowerPoint d...
Canva Brand Kit https://www.canva.com/pro/brand-kit/
Gamma https://gamma.app/
Prezi https://prezi.com/
Google AI Studio https://aistudio.google.com/
*Got a presentation challenge, story?
Share your thoughts and ideas, and let us know what topics you'd like us to tackle in future episodes: LinkedIn:
*Host links
LinkedIn: pksteffen
LinkedIn: emma-birdboxdesigns
LinkedIn: andybundock
LinkedIn: sixmileshigh